Common Suffixes: Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ist

This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "someone who works in a profession or activity; someone who follows a school of thought or belief system."
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  1. activist
    a reformer who works to achieve social or political change
  2. artist
    person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
  3. capitalist
    of an economic system based on private ownership
  4. dentist
    a person qualified to practice dentistry
  5. economist
    an expert in the circulation of goods and services
  6. geologist
    a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  7. linguist
    a specialist in the study of language
  8. machinist
    a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
  9. nutritionist
    a specialist in the study of food, nourishment, and health
  10. optimist
    a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
  11. pharmacist
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  12. pianist
    a person who plays the piano
  13. psychiatrist
    a specialist in the treatment of mental disorders
  14. receptionist
    an office worker who answers calls and greets visitors
  15. scientist
    a person with advanced knowledge of empirical fields
  16. specialist
    an expert devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
  17. theorist
    someone who constructs hypotheses
  18. typist
    someone paid to operate a typewriter
  19. violinist
    a musician who plays the violin
  20. zoologist
    a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals
Created on Fri May 03 15:10:29 EDT 2024 (updated Fri Jul 26 16:23:56 EDT 2024)

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